28 h. ago Two Air India Flight 171 cabin crew members who died on doomed flight pictured

Two female cabin crew members who died in the horror Air India Flight 171 crash have been pictured for the first time - all 12 crew members on the doomed plane were tragically killed

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44 h. ago ‘It all happened so quickly’: how the Air India plane crash unfolded

Witnesses at a hospital near the impact site described parts of the plane landing on a canteen building as 200 people ate insideAt 9.48am on Thursday, Air India flight 423 took off from New Delhi bound for Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat state, 600 miles south-west. It was an entirely normal day – although hotter than usual for the time of year in north India – and an entirely normal flight, except for the fact that the plane, an 11-year-old Boeing Dreamliner, landed 20 minutes early.After more than two hours on the tarmac parked at Terminal 2 of the sprawling Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport, captain Sumeet Sabharwal, an experienced pilot, taxied on to the single runway and prepared for takeoff. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago I'm an airline pilot. This is the terrifying reason so many planes are REALLY crashing right now, writes SHAWN PRUCHNICKI

Another day - another plane crash. This time an Air India flight bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after taking flight from Gujarat, carrying 242 passengers and crew.

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8 d. ago Ryanair, easyJet and other airline passengers set to face new 'four hour rule'

The time allowance for flight delays before passengers can claim disruption compensation has been extended from three hours to four under new European Union rules

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast fans 'sad' as guest breaks down in tears during 'difficult' interview

A family member of a Lockerbie victim recalled waving her sister off for the last time before her flight, and the "lively, vibrant and loud" woman she was.

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1 week ago People are only just realising why we always board a plane from the same side

From stressful airport experience, to pre-flight jitters, you've never probably had time to realise why all passengers board airplanes from the same side.

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2 w. ago Flight attendant claims trick for free seat upgrade 'works almost every time'

A flight attendant has shared the simple trick he uses to decide which passengers get upgraded for free - and it all comes down to whether or not he likes them

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3 w. ago How the British girl caught with record cannabis haul in Sri Lanka is telling police it's all the fault of a mystery man called Dan she met on a beach

Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL 405 had barely left the runway before the 21-year-old part-time beautician from Surrey slapped on a hydrating in-flight facial mask and stuck in her earphones.

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3 w. ago 'New Concorde' would cut UK to US flight time to 45 minutes going 7x speed of sound

The A-HyM Hypersonic Air Master is designed to carry 170 passengers and cruise at an altitude of 30,000 metres while travelling at speeds of Mach 7.3

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3 w. ago United Airlines plane aborts flight as concerning message found in bathroom

A United Airlines plane had to abort its flight after a strange message was written on the bathroom mirror - the flight was carrying more than 300 passengers at the time

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3 w. ago Man gets pilot licence then fakes emergency landing on his first flight for special reason

Josh Matthews had a terrifying but perfect plan to surprise his partner of four years by faking an emergency landing as he took her for a flight for the first time

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4 w. ago Yuki Tsunoda in lucky escape after horror crash sees F1 car fly through air at Imola GP

Imola GP qualifying stopped minutes in as Red Bull flips in dramatic high-speed crash

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